Pedro Caro y Sureda

Don Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd Marquis of la Romana (2 October 1761-23 January 1811) was a general of the Spanish Army during the Peninsular War.

Biography
Pedro Caro y Sureda was born to a family of Balearic nobility, inheriting the title of Marquis of La Romana through his descent. In 1783, Sureda fought alongside the Spanish Army in the recapture of Minorca from Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, and in 1793 was a cavalry colonel at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.

During this conflict, Caro fought against the invading French Army's Armee de l'Pyrenees, and in 1802 was made Captain-General of Catalonia. In 1805, he was made the chief of the Engineering Corps of the Spanish Army. During the Peninsular War he took command of the Army of Galicia in 1808, but Joaquin Blake y Joyes lost Caro the Battle of Espinosa and cut his army down to 6,000 troops. However, in 1809 he aided the retreat from Corunna, overran Villafranca, and drove the French from Asturias.

In 1809-1810 Caro served in the Central Junta, but on 23 January 1811 died while preparing for the relief of Badajoz from the French Army. He was the Spanish general that Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, trusted the most of all.